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Dave Mogk

Earth Sciences

Montana State University-Bozeman

I am a metamorphic petrologist by training with long-term research interests in evolution of Archean continental crust in SW Montana, and in mid-crustal petrogenetic procescesses (migmatite formation). I have also worked on the surface chemistry of minerals using a variety of spectroscopic methods (Auger and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Time-of-Flight SIMS), life in extreme environments (Lake Vostok ice core, Yellowstone acid-sulfate hot springs), and fluid inclusions of submarine hydrothermal systems. My interests in geoscience (and STEM) education began in 1992 in response to reading Project 2061 Science for All Americans (AAAS, 1989). My first NSF/CCD project was to develop an Environmental Geology Course Using a Question-Asking Problem-Solving approach. At that time I was concerned about the low level of participation by geoscientists in NSF education programs, and subsequently served as Program Officer at NSF in the Division of Undergraduate Education (1995-96). Since that time I have been involved with: teacher preparation (Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation); digital libraries (co-author of the DLESE Community Plan and the NSDL Pathways to Progress plans); geo-ed community-building events (Teaching Mineralogy workshop; Scrutiny of Undergraduate Geoscience Eduation; Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education; Using Data in the Classroom); discipline-based education research (Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences; co-editor Earth and Mind; NRC report 2012). I am recipient of the 2000 AGU Award for Excellence in Geophysics Education. I have also served on NSF Committees of Visitors, EarthScope Science and Education Committee, EarthChem Advisory Board, GSA Chair of Education Division and Education Committee, Associate Editor GSA Bulletin and American Mineralogist. I have recently been appointed as Head of the Dept. of Earth Sciences (a 3 year sentence), and thus my new self-identity.

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Microbial Life - Educational Resourcespart of Microbial Life This site contains educational and supporting materials for students and teachers of microbiology, including information about microorganisms and extremophiles, and links to online resources about ecology, diversity and evolution of micro-organisms.

On the Cutting Edgepart of Cutting Edge The On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty brings together workshops, websites, and research activities to support highest quality undergraduate geoscience education.

Integrating Research and Educationpart of Integrating Research and Education This website contains educational modules and digital library technologies that can be used to translate exciting new scientific discoveries into effective instructional practice.

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When and How Did Continental Crust Form?part of Petrology:Teaching Examples Many models have been proposed regarding the timing and mechanisms that first formed the continental crust. The purpose of this exercise is to help students explore the question of crustal genesis and evolution ...

Critical Review of a Journal Article: An Assessment Activitypart of Petrology:Teaching Examples In this exercise students do a formal review of a journal article using review criteria established for the Geological Society of America Bulletin or American Mineralogist. The quality of the students' ...

Mineral Classification - What's in a Name?part of Mineralogy:Activities Students derive their own scheme for identifying and naming minerals. Examples include different minerals that have the same crystal forms, and mineral species that occur with numerous forms and varieties to ...

Directed Discovery of Crystal Structurespart of Mineralogy:Activities This online exercise uses a "discovery-based" approach and the latest online crystallographic information and visualization software to teach the spatial relationships and crystal-chemical rules that ...

Beartooth Highway Field Trip and Activitiespart of NAGT:Teaching Resources:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection Darrell Henry, Louisiana State University Dave Mogk, Montana State University Intended Audience: This field trip and related exercises was used for a Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century workshop, but may be ...

Beartooth Highway Field Trip and Activitiespart of Petrology:Teaching Examples This day-long field trip was part of the Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century workshop. The activity description/assignment file provided below includes 3 field exercises, including outcrop observation and ...

Field Notespart of Mineralogy:Activities Field Notes provides instructors with helpful tips for a successful field trip. The tips include a well-developed literature review for designing and assessing field trips. Barriers to learning in the field can be ...

Tsunami Think-Pair-Sharepart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities David Mogk, Montana State University Course: Environmental Geology 60 students Connecting course topics to real life can be very powerful. The Activity The semester immediately following the December, 2004 tsunami ...

An Earth Science Curriculum By Designpart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce:Essays David Mogk, Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State University The Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, recently implemented a top to bottom revision of its curriculum. We are a department that ...

Research on Learning in the Geosciences: Contexts, Goals and Opportunitiespart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Essays David Mogk, Earth Sciences, Montana State University - BozemanOriginally prepared for a workshop on Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences, sponsored by NSF and the Johnson Foundation, Racine WI, July ...

Teaching the methods of geoscience in a mineralogy classpart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Essays Teaching the methods of geoscience in a mineralogy class Dave Mogk, Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State University Mineralogy is often the "gateway" course to the geoscience major. As such, it plays an ...

Teaching Geoscience Methods in the Fieldpart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Essays Teaching geoscience methods in the field Dave Mogk, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Learning in the field has traditionally been one of the fundamental components of the geoscience curriculum. ...

Budgetspart of Earth and Mind:Posts Reflections on why the debate on national debt does not apply the same reasoning to the issue of climate change.

In the Eye of the Beholderpart of Earth and Mind:Posts I recently had the pleasure of attending a multi-media performance, "A Universe of Dreams", which showed spectacular astronomical images acquired by the Hubble space telescope, set to the lilting Celtic ...

Term Limitspart of Earth and Mind:Posts What are the pros and cons of the semester v. quarter system for academic terms?

Is This Just a Phase We're Going Through?part of Earth and Mind:Posts A simple understanding of phase relations would have predicted the formation of gas hydrates in efforts to cap the BP oil spill, and would have saved time, energy and resources in developing a viable solution.

Work Done On, By, and To the Earth:part of Complex Systems:Workshop 2010:Participant Essays Complex Physical, Chemical, Biological and Anthropogenic Interactions in the Earth System David W. Mogk, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University I have advocated using an Earth system approach to ...

Déjà Vu All Over Againpart of Earth and Mind:Posts The arguments that Galileo used to defend his model of celestial mechanics are every bit as applicable today in the cultural wars about matters of Science and faith. Read what Galileo has to say.

Efficiencypart of Earth and Mind:Posts We hear a lot about efficiency these days. One school of economics will argue that the free market is the best way to efficiently run the economy. Civil engineers seek the most efficient way to transport storm ...

Through a Lens Darkly and Then Face to Face*part of Earth and Mind:Posts Photography has transformative power through 1) representations of Nature into cultural, artistic artifacts, 2) growth of young scientists, and 3)connections of the viewing public to Natural history.

Not Invented Herepart of Earth and Mind:Posts Digital information technologies provide universal access to tried and tested instructional materials and resources, thus freeing faculty from "reinventing the wheel" in curriculum development and ...

Winner Take Allpart of Earth and Mind:Posts The "Tyranny of the Majority" has applications in the classroom as well as in the political arena. A "winner take all" attitude, in which only one style of instruction or assessment is used, is ...

How I Got Here Part II: Building Communitypart of Earth and Mind:Posts View Part I: Enlightenment. I was ready for a change in my academic life. And, I was on a mission. How could anything as important as living responsibly on Earth (through understanding Earth history, its ...

Conationpart of Earth and Mind:Posts Conation translates knowledge (cognition) and emotion (affect) into behavior and action.

How I Got Here Part I: Enlightenmentpart of Earth and Mind:Posts The author reflects on 15 years of work on behalf of geoscience education–influences, events and people that have shaped his experiences and insights as a starting point for this blog series. This first ...

Dave Mogkpart of Metacognition:Workshop 08:Participant Essays Thinking As a Geologist: Master-Novice Relations and Metacognition David W. Mogk, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University For geoscience majors, and to a lesser extent for all students in my classes, one ...

David Mogkpart of Affective Domain:Workshop 07:Workshop Participants Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Homepage Essay 1: Teaching in the Field "We're going on a field trip!" the instructor announces enthusiastically to the class, expecting that ...

Addressing Mineral Resource Needs for Societypart of NAGT:Professional Development:Serving Our Communities:Blog Posts Mining in America invokes passions pro and con. An embedded research project in a Mineralogy course provides students with first-hand experience to engage exploration, development and remediation of mineral ...

Best practices for teaching in the field based on research-based evidencepart of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Morning Workshops:GER:Idea Papers David Mogk, Montana State University Geoscientists have an implicit understanding that "field work is good", and their instructional practice is based largely on prior experience. This ...

GeoNeeds: Broadening Participation in the Geosciences Workforcepart of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Morning Workshops:GeoNeeds This workshop is for faculty and administrators who would like to build or expand opportunities for students to engage with the geosciences (atmospheric and climate science, engineering geoscience, geology, ...

Creating the Graduates you Wantpart of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Mini Workshops:Creating the Graduates you Want This course is intended for department heads/chairs and faculty interested in curriculum development at the department level. This interactive workshop will use the "matrix method of curriculum design" to ...

Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University-Bozemanpart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce:Programs Information for this profile was provided by David Mogk, Earth Sciences, Montana State University-Bozeman. Information is also available on the program website. Students in this program are pursuing a bachelors ...

Mineral Classification: What's in a Namepart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activity Supplement Collection Dave Mogk, Montana State University.This page is a supplement to the original activity description found hereShort description of the activity:Students derive their own scheme for identifying and naming minerals. ...

Mineralogypart of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Course Supplement Collection Dave Mogk, Montana State University.This page is a supplement to the original course description found hereShort description of the course:Introduction to mineralogy includes the following topics: hand sample ...

Mining: We Depend On Itpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities David Mogk, Montana State University Course: Environmental Geology 60 students Connecting course topics to students' lives is a very effective strategy to motivate their learning. The Activity I present ...

Learning Styles: VARKpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities David Mogk, Montana State University Course: Environmental Geology 60 students Learning styles vary greatly from individual to individual. There are several instruments available for measuring learning styles. The ...

Teaching Geoethics Across the Geoscience Curriculumpart of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Tuesday A Geoethics is an important part of students' pre-professional training, but is typically not formally included in a degree program in a dedicated course or embedded in existing courses. This demonstration will introduce resources available for teaching Geoethics, basic principles that can be introduced (e.g., responsible conduct of research, responsibilities of using and communicating geoscience to the community, stewardship of Earth), and suggested instructional methods. A series of interactive "two minute" ethical challenges and case studies will demonstrate how Geoethics can be effectively taught in all geoscience classrooms.

What Are the Core Competencies and Skills for Earth Science Students?part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Panel Discussions Prior to redesigning the entire undergraduate geology curriculum at Lake Superior State University we conducted a national survey of all undergraduate geoscience programs through the American Geosciences Institute. ...

When and how did continental crust form?part of Early Earth:Key Questions about the Early Earth submitted by David Mogk, Montana State University Why is this question important? The genesis and evolution of continental crust is one of the fundamental questions that remains unresolved in the geosciences. ...

Activity Modelspart of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria Dex Perkins, University of North Dakota; Andrea Koziol, University of Dayton; and Dave Mogk, Montana State University Introduction Minerals may have many different compositions in nature and, therefore, the ...

Gibbs' Phase Rule: Where it all Beginspart of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria David Mogk, Montana State University Introduction Minerals are the monitors of the physical and chemical conditions under which they formed. The occurrences of minerals, their parageneses (stable associations), ...

X-ray reflection in accordance with Bragg's Lawpart of Integrating Research and Education:Geochemical Instrumentation and Analysis Darrell Henry, Louisiana State University Nelson Eby, University of Massachusetts - Lowell John Goodge, University of Minnesota - Duluth David Mogk, Montana State University When a crystal is bombarded with X-rays ...